Constellation: A GalileoMobile Project
Constellation: A New GalileoMobile Project in South America
DSR Edu Kit
The Dark Skies Rangers (DSR) educational kits are getting a face-lift! With the advent of the International Year of Light in 2015 (IYL2015)
Under the Same Sky
“Bajo un Mismo Cielo” (Under The Same Sky): GalileoMobile Documentary Released.
GTTP Ambassador Sergio Cabezón
Meet the GTTP Ambassador: Sergio Cabezón, Education and Public Outreach Officer in AUI/NRAO in Chile.
Transit of Venus – Many opportunities around the globe
On 5-6 June 2012, depending on where you are on Earth, there will be a transit of Venus, a rare phenomenon that is not to be repeated until December 11, 2117.
When a planet passes directly between earth and the sun, we see the planet as a small dot gliding slowly across the face of the sun. As you can grasp from the discription we can only see, from Earth, transits of Venus and Mercury.
Transits of Venus occur in pairs separated by eight years, followed by an interval of more than a century. The latest transits were on 1761, 1769, 1874, 1882 and on June 8, 2004. This will be the last opportunity of the century, and the last opportunity for the vast majority of humans alive today, where you can observe a transit of Venus.
So can you see the transit from were you are? Check out this map from F. Espenak, NASAs GSFC to find out.
(click on the image to get a large PDF version)
